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WAX204 bridge mode
Well I bought a WAX204 router to allow ethernet access upstairs. The reason for this my son works from home on a PC and due to his work in a solicitors they have disabled WiFi access on the PC.
As I am now on Virgin it isn't possible to do what we were previously doin and moving the router upstairs each time.
So I thought it would be fine to have a second router upstairs that would pick up my WiFi from virgin and have ethernet sockets on the router so they could be connected to.
I was recommended netgear wax104 but thought wax204 was better.
Now having set it up and put in bridge mode it still doesn't work and now can't access the admin either. Very disappointed that this is causing so much issues for something in theory should be straightforward
Any advice before I return it and try a different brand
As I am now on Virgin it isn't possible to do what we were previously doin and moving the router upstairs each time.
So I thought it would be fine to have a second router upstairs that would pick up my WiFi from virgin and have ethernet sockets on the router so they could be connected to.
I was recommended netgear wax104 but thought wax204 was better.
Now having set it up and put in bridge mode it still doesn't work and now can't access the admin either. Very disappointed that this is causing so much issues for something in theory should be straightforward
Any advice before I return it and try a different brand
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I recently bought a WAX204 to use in bridge mode
First connect the WAN port of the WAX204 to a LAN port on the router and connect your PC to a LAN port on the WAX204
The WAX204 goes through startup doing things like a firmware update - its temporarily getting internet over WAX204 WAN -> router LAN cable
You then choose bridge option and the important part is to edit the WiFi settings on the bridge setup page
These need to be the WiFi SSID, password, security of your router - just like if you were connecting a laptop to your router by WiFi
I chose to use a static IP address for the WAX204 itself - even though it says to use DHCP - to set a static address you need to know a spare IP address for the WAX204 and know the IP of the router
After entering those details and the WAX204 reboots you disconnect WAX204 WAN -> router LAN cable
If the wireless bridge comes to life then the PC will work again and you can access the WAX204 using the static IP set above
But if the WAX204 doesnt join to the router then there's no DHCP so the PC likely wont talk to the WAX204. You can temporarily give the PC a static IP on the same address range and have another go at the WiFi settings in the WAX204
It did work but I found issues with the router getting confused with multiple LAN clients over the bridge - MAC address confusion I think - so I went back to using an AV1000 power-line to get a wired connection and I'm using the WAX204 in AP mode instead now
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